Irans new stealth plane

Iran recently took the wraps off its Qaher-313 "new super modern fighter plane," seen here nose-on. The quality of the aircraft shown in these pictures is leading some observers to wonder if Iran is playing a joke on the rest of the world. This plane is almost certainly a mock-up, because if it's not—well, look, I can only assume that the country employs at least one aerospace engineer, right? This has to be a joke, right?

there was something on yahoo the other day about this (take that source as you will, lol), claiming engineers "debunked" iran's claims of the aircraft. they cited lack of cockpit space, something about lack of engine cowls (they said a jet would melt itself without them). it was also said that vids were of a small rc plane, made to look like an actual jet. im no expert on this shit either, so idk.

There are several pages of comments on the linked page. It seems pretty clearly to be a mockup of some sort, for what purpose I'm not sure. It's like any number of concept cars you see at one of the big auto shows like in Detroit. You get some guy doing anything he wants with external styling, but it's all made out of wire and fiberglass with no drive train or functioning interior.

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Originally Posted by tombstoner139

also the room the plane is stored in has no doors suitable for the aircraft to exit.

Sure it does, it looks like the pictures were taken in a hangar. The reverse angle shows the door.

It could be just a picture of model, not actually a plane. I don't think they will give away picture of their plane with their military base on background

Originally Posted by Urban Dictionary

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It's probably real on paper (though that is likely a prototype/model) but that doesn't mean it's any good or even works as intended.

It's no competition for the Israeli F-16I but Israel still pulled the haters gonna hate card: ''Israeli aeronautics expert Tal Inbar said, "It’s not a plane, because that’s not how a real plane looks. Iran doesn’t have the ability to build planes. Plain and simple."''

It looks pretty fly-by-night to me, but then I'm no aerospace engineer.

'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

It appears to be a mash up of many pieces of civilian aircraft modified for use of certain weapon systems. If that thing is legitimate it's akin to home projectile in comparison to a Beretta m9 and I wouldn't be surprised if its capability had been inflated.

'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Welp, The West had a good run, but looks like it's time to step aside. I for one welcome our new Iranian overlords.

Originally Posted by Wells

Lets say you have a two 3 inch lines. One is all red and the other is 48% red and 52% blue. Does that mean there's a 50-50 chance they're both red or is the second line matching the all red line by 48%?

'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!